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Kasama Nichido Museum of Art

Ibaraki · Kasama · Art & Crafts

Japanese name: 笠間日動美術館

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WHAT TO DOKasama Nichido Museum of Art

Founded by an art dealer; its strangest room holds 400 palettes actually used by famous painters.

WHEREIbaraki

Central · Kasama

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Founded by an art dealer; its strangest room holds 400 palettes actually used by famous painters.

About this place

Kasama Nichidō Museum of Art (笠間日動美術館, Kasama Nichidō Bijutsukan) opened in Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, in 1972. It was established to celebrate the forty-fifth anniversary of the opening of the Galerie Nichidō (日動画廊), the first commercial art gallery in Japan specialising in yōga or Western-style painting.

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Key facts

Founded / opened：1972 Highlights / collection：Collection of painters' palettes, French modern painting Genre：Western-style painting, Western art

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